A Home Visit Program and Perceived Care Burden

Burden Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of a Home Visit Program for Caregivers of Asthmatic Patients on Perceived Care Burden

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05000606
• Other study ID #: 77082166-604.01.0
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: July 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Gazi University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a home visit program provided to the caregivers of asthmatic patients on the perceived care burden. A randomized controlled trial was used. The sample consisted of 30 participants in the intervention group and 30 participants in the control group. A home visit program including education and counseling was applied to participants in the intervention group.

Description:

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a home visit program provided to the caregivers of asthmatic patients on the perceived care burden. A randomized controlled trial was used. The sample consisted of 30 participants in the intervention group and 30 participants in the control group. A home visit program including education and counseling was applied to participants in the intervention group. A total of five home visits over three months were performed. Data were collected by a personal information form, and the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale (ZCBS).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: July 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 64 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• giving care to a patient who was poorly controlled or uncontrolled asthma

• giving care to a patient who used an inhaler

• age 18 or over

• volunteering to participate to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• having a disease with a neuro-psychiatric diagnosis

• having vision and hearing problems

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burden

Intervention

Other:
• A home visit program
A home visit program including education and counseling was applied. A total of five home visits over three months were performed.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gazi University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale	The scale consists of 18 questions. The minimum test score is 0 and the maximum score is 72. Care burden increases as the score from the scale increases.	Baseline
Primary	Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale	The scale consists of 18 questions. The minimum test score is 0 and the maximum score is 72. Care burden increases as the score from the scale increases.	Change from Baseline Perceived Care Burden Scores at 1 month
Primary	Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale	The scale consists of 18 questions. The minimum test score is 0 and the maximum score is 72. Care burden increases as the score from the scale increases.	Change from 1 month Perceived Care Burden Scores at 3rd months